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1. Marlowe (2022)
R | 109 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In late 1930s Bay City, a brooding, down on his luck detective is hired to find the ex-lover of a glamorous heiress.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Brenda Rawn
Votes: 12,053
2. The Big Sleep (1946)
Passed | 114 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail and what might be love.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers
Votes: 90,723 | Gross: $6.54M
3. The Long Goodbye (1973)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Private investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so gets implicated in his wife's murder.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell
Votes: 37,557 | Gross: $0.96M
4. Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
R | 95 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.
Director: Dick Richards | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles
Votes: 9,665 | Gross: $4.36M
5. The Big Sleep (1978)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Grizzled American private detective in England investigates a complicated case of blackmail turned murder involving a rich but honest elderly general, his two loose socialite daughters, a pornographer and a gangster.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark
Votes: 5,465
6. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
PG | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Film noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from classic noir films appear as scenes from various movies interjected into the story.
Director: Carl Reiner | Stars: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd, Carl Reiner
Votes: 23,876 | Gross: $18.20M
7. Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Approved | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley, Otto Kruger
Votes: 14,749
8. Marlowe (1969)
PG | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young woman from Kansas hires LA private detective Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: James Garner, Gayle Hunnicutt, Carroll O'Connor, Rita Moreno
Votes: 4,026
9. Lady in the Lake (1946)
Passed | 105 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
The lady editor of a crime magazine hires Phillip Marlowe to find the wife of her boss. The private detective soon finds himself involved in murder.
Director: Robert Montgomery | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully
Votes: 6,413
10. Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983–1986)
60 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Private detective Philip Marlowe solves many crimes in Los Angeles during the 1930s.
Stars: Powers Boothe, Billy Kearns, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Ken Pogue
Votes: 483
11. Poodle Springs (1998 TV Movie)
95 min | Crime, Drama
An aging Phillip Marlowe gets mixed up with blackmail and murder amongst the elite social set in 1963.
Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: James Caan, Dina Meyer, David Keith, Tom Bower
Votes: 998
12. The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Detective Philip Marlowe encounters a variety of characters while checking on why Leslie Murdock stole a rare doubloon from his mother.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: George Montgomery, Nancy Guild, Conrad Janis, Roy Roberts
Votes: 1,394
13. Philip Marlowe (1959–1960)
30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A short-lived crime series, featuring the cases of the fictional detective Philip Marlowe. The series was based on the detective novels of Raymond Chandler,, but failed to find an audience.
Stars: Philip Carey, William Schallert, Ed Kemmer, Virginia Gregg
Votes: 72
14. Smart Philip (2003)
95 min | Comedy, Crime
Inspired by the stories of the American writer Raymond Chandler, the classical hero is private detective Phil Marlowe, a romantic cowboy, who takes the law into his own hands in the rough ... See full summary »
Director: Václav Marhoul | Stars: Tomás Hanák, Vilma Cibulková, Pavel Liska, Bohumil Klepl
Votes: 518
15. Marlowe (2007 TV Movie)
43 min | Crime, Drama
Legendary private eye Philip Marlowe takes on new cases.
Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: Ara Anton, Sherman Augustus, Michael Patrick Breen, Jessica A. Caesar
Votes: 80
16. The Long Goodbye: David Thompson on Robert Altman (2013 Video)
21 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
David Thompson on Robert Altman - David Thompson, editor of 'Altman on Altman' and producer of the BBC's 'Robert Altman in England', talks about The Long Goodbye's place in Altman's filmography.
Stars: David M. Thompson, Sterling Hayden, Nina van Pallandt
17. The Long Goodbye: Maxim Jakubowski on Hard Boiled Fiction (2013 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short, Crime
Crime writer and critic Maxim Jakubowski discusses the emergence of hard boiled detective characters from the pages of the pulp magazines from the 1920s through to the 1950s.
Stars: Maxim Jakubowski, Nina van Pallandt
18. The Long Goodbye: Tom Williams on Raymond Chandler (2013 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Raymond Chandler's biographer, Tom Williams, outlines the author's life and work and discusses Altman's adaptation of 'The Long Goodbye'.
Stars: Tom Williams, Jim Bouton, Raymond Chandler, Sterling Hayden
19.
Fallen Angels (1993–1996)
Episode:
Red Wind
(1995)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1940s, sympathetic African American L.A. shamus Philip Marlowe helps a dame in trouble whose lovers are offing each other over a possibly fake pearl necklace. He must also deal with a racist cop that's investigating the murders.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Danny Glover, Kelly Lynch, Dan Hedaya, Ron Rifkin
Votes: 46
20.
Remington Steele (1982–1987)
Episode:
Elementary Steele
(1984)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An actress/singer who is being pursued by fictional detectives hires The Remington Steele Agency for protection, leading them into a bizarre "Magical Mystery Tour".
Director: Seymour Robbie | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, Pierce Brosnan, Doris Roberts, Lynne Randall
Votes: 108
21.
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957)
Episode:
The Big Sleep
(1950)
Drama
A dying man hires private dick Philip Marlowe to keep an eye on his trouble-prone youngest daughter. In the process, he falls for her older sister. The job takes an interesting turn as Marlowe suddenly finds himself on a murder case.
Director: Norman Felton | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Lewis Charles, Sonia Darrin, Patricia Gaye